Step 1: ● As a group, choose who will portray each role through a diary entry dicussed in Group Roles. ● Use these resources to help you depict your role: Poem: “Ghetto Uprising” by, Evelyn Roman Book: Number the Stars by, Lois Lowry Websites: Holocaust – Understanding and Prevention: <kimel.net> http://www.history.com/topics/the-holocaust Oskar Schindler’s Journal Entry: //http://dannyfgos.blogspot.com///
Step 2: ● Once you have chosen a role, depict their point of view through a diary entry of 2 paragraphs. Each paragraph should contain 8-10 sentences. ●While writing, feel free to be creative with your diary entry. Illustrate a picture to your audience through words. Describe how you feel about your role during the Holocaust. What types of things or people do you see? How is your life affected due to Nazi rule? Is there anything you wish you could change? If so, explain your idea of a perfect world.
Step 3: ● Revise and edit your diary entry. ● Use this Editing Check List to revise your work: Editing Checklist
Indent Paragraph(s) Complete Sentences(each has a subject and predicate) Capitalization • Do all sentences begin with a capital letter?• Do all proper nouns begin with capital letters? Punctuation • Are periods and commas used correctly?• Are quotations punctuated correctly? Verb Usage • Do all main verbs agree with the subject in person and are any parts of verb phrases missing or incorrect? Are verb endings correct?• Is the verb tense correct?• Are helping verbs used when needed? Noun Usage • Do regular plurals end in “s”? Are irregular plurals correct?• Are articles (“a,” “an,” and “the”) used correctly?• Does every pronoun have a clear referent? Correct Spelling (Be careful of words that sound the same but have different meanings.) Descriptive Words • Are words used that give a picture of what is taking place?• Are transitional words used? Word Variety • Do sentences begin with different words?• Did the writer use a variety of words in each sentence?
Step 4: ● Include an illustration depicting the perspective of your role. ● You may choose the type of drawing materials of your choice.
Step 5: ● Publish your final draft! Use the rubric found in Evaluation to help finalize your project. ● Place each diary entry and illustration on a poster board to display to the class. ● Decide how your group will present your diary entries and illustrations. Next Page
Step 1:
● As a group, choose who will portray each role through a diary entry dicussed in Group Roles.
● Use these resources to help you depict your role:
Poem: “Ghetto Uprising” by, Evelyn Roman
Book: Number the Stars by, Lois Lowry
Websites: Holocaust – Understanding and Prevention: <kimel.net>
http://www.history.com/topics/the-holocaust
Oskar Schindler’s Journal Entry: //http://dannyfgos.blogspot.com///
Step 2:
● Once you have chosen a role, depict their point of view through a diary entry of 2 paragraphs. Each paragraph should contain 8-10 sentences.
●While writing, feel free to be creative with your diary entry. Illustrate a picture to your audience through words. Describe how you feel about your role during the Holocaust. What types of things or people do you see? How is your life affected due to Nazi rule? Is there anything you wish you could change? If so, explain your idea of a perfect world.
Step 3:
● Revise and edit your diary entry.
● Use this Editing Check List to revise your work:
Editing Checklist
Indent Paragraph(s)
Complete Sentences (each has a subject and predicate)
Capitalization
• Do all sentences begin with a capital letter?• Do all proper nouns begin with capital letters?
Punctuation
• Are periods and commas used correctly?• Are quotations punctuated correctly?
Verb Usage
• Do all main verbs agree with the subject in person and are any parts of verb phrases missing or incorrect? Are verb endings correct?• Is the verb tense correct?• Are helping verbs used when needed?
Noun Usage
• Do regular plurals end in “s”? Are irregular plurals correct?• Are articles (“a,” “an,” and “the”) used correctly?• Does every pronoun have a clear referent?
Correct Spelling (Be careful of words that sound the same but have different meanings.)
Descriptive Words
• Are words used that give a picture of what is taking place?• Are transitional words used?
Word Variety
• Do sentences begin with different words?• Did the writer use a variety of words in each sentence?
(http://jc-schools.net/write/checklist.pdf)
Step 4:
● Include an illustration depicting the perspective of your role.
● You may choose the type of drawing materials of your choice.
Step 5:
● Publish your final draft! Use the rubric found in Evaluation to help finalize your project.
● Place each diary entry and illustration on a poster board to display to the class.
● Decide how your group will present your diary entries and illustrations.
Next Page
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